For those of you out there thinking of starting a business in Italy, remember that in this country criminal law hounds businessmen more than it does organized crime. Oh, you mean, the Mafia? Well, no, actually in Italy there are at least three, known criminal organizations: the Sicilian Mafia, the Neapolitan Camorra, and the almost unpronounceable,‘Ndrangheta of Calabria. One, more terrifying than the other.

But hey, in this Catholic country, a dysfunctional judicial system has been corrupted by a dangerous “Catho-Communist” syndrome that sees misguided “proletarians” behind every crook forced to commit even heinous crimes, “to feed their poor, ‘hungry’ families”, at least judging by the wave of recent pardons and releases of long-term jailbirds sent home (to make room for more?).

Admittedly, it is more difficult to control someone that like a Mafia Picciotto (soldier) totes a gun, which is probably why Italians have been cowed into giving up their constitutional right to bear arms. Yes, in Italy the only ones that go unarmed are the honest, law-abiding taxpayers. And yes, the only ones that are never required to show a gun permit are, you guessed it, the Picciotti. Understandably, the only ones the law ever seems to get tough with are law-abiding citizens trying to make an honest living. Maybe it’s time honest Italians did something about leveling the playing field?